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Yank Rachell’s Tennessee Jug-Busters – Mandolin Blues
Yank Rachell’s Tennessee Jug-Busters – Mandolin Blues Delmark DE 606 (1998) Compact Disc With Sleepy John Estes; Big Joe Williams; Mike Bloomfield, guitar; Hammie Nixon, harmonica, jug Yank Rachell was the master of mandolin blues and this was the first blues LP to feature this instrument. Of course the mandolin had been recorded before that;…
Sleepy John Estes – In Europe
Sleepy John Estes – In Europe Delmark DD 611 (1999) Compact Disc The legendary Tennessee blues poet Sleepy John Estes toured Europe in 1964. These are studio recordings in Copenhagen and London featuring Hammie Nixon on harmonica and jug. As Sleepy John bathed in curtain calls, signed autographs for the first time in his life…
Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues
Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues Delmark 612 Hoodoo Man Blues is not only Junior Well’s initial LP appearance, it is damn near the first LP by a Chicago blues band. Chess Records and a few other labels had reissued 45’s by Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howling Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Elmore James, etc., but…
Magic Sam – West Side Soul
Magic Sam – West Side Soul Delmark 615 w/ Mighty Joe Young. Five Stars from Downbeat! Sam’s Singing and playing have their roots deeply implanted in the Mississippi soil of his youth as well as in the traumatic everyday life of the raw West Side. But like all good blues and all great art, he…
J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat
J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat (w/ Sunnyland Slim) Delmark 617 “The raw-as-an-open-wound Chicago slide guitarist J.B. Hutto outdid himself throughout an outrageously raucous album anchored by an impossible-to-ignore ‘Hip Shakin’, the blaring title cut, and savage renditions of ‘20% Alcohol’ and ‘Notoriety Woman’.” -Bill Dahl, allmusic.com. The rough & rowdy blues heard…
Carey Bell – Carey Bell’s Blues Harp
Carey Bell – Carey Bell’s Blues Harp Delmark DE 622 Compact Disc (1995) After his discovery by Charlie Musselwhite, we first heard Carey Bell in little West Side bars where the price of admission was, at most, a dollar. It was obvious that he should be recorded and sessions were held using the musicians who…
Jimmy Dawkins – Fast Fingers
Jimmy Dawkins – Fast Fingers Delmark DD 623 (1969) Compact Disc Blues guitarist Jimmy Dawkins stands out as a solemn, thoughtful figure. With his ax cradled in his arms, staring through his shades into the crowd but not really seeing them, he seems merged with his songs on a higher realm. His voice pleads, his…
Blues Piano Orgy
Blues Piano Orgy Delmark DE 626 Compact Disc (1996) Throughout the years blues piano playing has been overlooked. The reasons differed from era to era; these days guitar seems to be the most popular instrument. Here’s an album that focuses on some of blues’ best pianists, including Otis Spann, who has sparked as much interest…
